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Re: Political Affairs Magazine - Is the Ultra-Right Insane? (They May Just Be!)

mark_miller — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:40:50 -0000

Right wing ideology is indeed an insane idea. One does not have to bother himself with semantics or logic. Res ipsa loquitur. "The thing speaks of itself". Analogous to these is the theory of a liveman walking... , a good friend of Fidel Castro and Gabriel Garcia Marquez..,"what is the result or look at the consequences..". Even their hallucinatory God has been dependent on results, that which berates all men to be good or hell as a result. "The road to hell is full of good intentions" to quote Karl Marx. One capitalist can speak of giving alms to the poor but is much aware that he is exploiting his fellowmen through unbriddled capitalism. Long live Hugo Chavez! Long live Fidel Castro! Long live Raul Castro!

Re: Political Affairs Magazine - Global Protests Mounting Against US-financed State Terrorism in the Philippines

mark_miller — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:08:10 -0000

We members of Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas have never experienced human rights abuses. The complaints are exaggerated. One can glean from the reports of the Philippine Human Rights Commission. The compaints were brought about by violent retaliations aimed at the ultra-volent CPP-NPAs which resulted in collateral damage. Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas, a communist political party has never been a party in these complaints because they all know they can sleep well given that they comply with laws that allow them to seek congressional representation by fielding their candidates in elections. If the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army lay down their arms and participate in congressional elections then they are well-assured that the government shall welcome them with open arms as participants in the democratic process. We all know that the electorate abhors violence as evidenced by OUR poor showings in the polls. Seek legitimacy by participating in elections. Abandon the armed

NOTE: We members of Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas are "not seeking death", as enunciated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines in their propaganda edicts. We abandoned the arm struggle and seek legitimation through peaceful means. We "do not intend to rule by coercion and put our lives in jeopardy by challenging an all-powerful Armed Forces of the Philppines to a lop-sided duel where they have all the chances to triumph.

Re: Political Affairs Magazine - China Is NOT a Rogue Nation

mark_miller — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:35:17 -0000

There is one economic theory that have been invalidated by the Chinese economist: Free trade. The Chinese economy experienced a rebound when it imposed protectionist measures against products which they put emphasis on for mass-production. Self-sufficiency and resourcefulness, too. They tap the services and talents of gifted engineers to imitate advanced Western products. They were successful in these endeavors. China will indeed rule the whole world now that they intend to buy half of the gold bullions which Japan possesses

Re: Political Affairs Magazine - Eight Rough and Random Thoughts on Socialism

mark_miller — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:31:37 -0000

There were laws passed by the US Congress in the past which have proven the validity of socialist theories. The 8-hour labour Act, unionism, labour laws and Medicare. These legislations were part and parcel of socialist benefits granted by socialist countries long before these were passed. They too were labelled socialistic or 'communistic by the Right. Hence, these copycats of US Congress have not only validated socialist theory but have made it an agenda for the future for Obama.

Re: Political Affairs Magazine - Why Don�t Americans Travel to Cuba?

mark_miller — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:39:11 -0000

To those who lambast Cuba for alleged 'shortages', here is my point: GLUTTONY is a sin!!

Re: Political Affairs Magazine - Univ. of Calif. Students Occupy Buildings to Protest Fee Raise

mark_miller — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:47:58 -0000

Ya, everywhere me and my wife goes to look for a university for our children, we end up frustrated with our musings due to the staggeringly high tuition fees. I feel desperate sometimes I want to yell at the Chancellor. Well, anyway, one of my sons got a 30 thousand dollar scholarship from a community college. That would be good enough. Everywhere you go, tuition fees are unaffordable. I feel like hanging myself.

Re: Political Affairs Magazine - Cuba Takes on Racism

mark_miller — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:24:01 -0000

Nowhere in any continent in the world can you find black ballet dancers but only in Cuba. Nowhere in any can you also find black doctors! On with the Cuban revolution! Long live Fidel and Raul Castro!! (Long live Markus Wolf)

Re: The Berlin Wall: What was lost!

mark_miller — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:52:20 -0000

It was an utter violation of human right to be refused unemployment just because of a belief in a different ideology opposed from that of West Germany. Instead of winning their hearts and minds, the West has only made former employees of the East German government more stubborn in refusing to kowtow to fascist capitalism. Here in Canada, nobody gets fired just because he or she is a member of the Communist Party. "No person shall be discriminated on the basis of belief....."-American Bill of Rights and Canadian Charter of Rights. Freedom of association is enshrined too in both constitutions.

Re: Monty Python in Berlin

mark_miller — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:01:04 -0000

You should read more about Markus Wolfe, the Stasi director. He was a man of integrity. He was not only benevolent but righteous as well. He handled a lot of disillusioned West Germans so well that the ladies fell enamored with him. I can still recall sitting beside him while his personal driver was running 170 kilometers per hour across the autobahn.

Re: Monty Python in Berlin

mark_miller — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:38:22 -0000

It's just a simple task of keeping one's mouth shut unless he or she 'is seeking death'. Suicide rates in East Germany were the highest in the world. East Germans should be thankful that the state was providing them with abundant welfare which was unmatched even by Scandinavian countries. Metallurgical and chemical industries in the East were also unmatched by the West. Dwellings were almost free. Provisions like education and food stamps were also free. Who else would complain but people 'looking for trouble'. The Bible says, "Give to Cesear what is suppose to be to him...."

Re: Monty Python in Berlin

mark_miller — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:30:40 -0000

Gorby was not the model communist he was then before the Soviet Union fell. They should had sensed that he would had brought trouble. He was enamored and beholdened at the chandeliers hanging and the lighted Christmas tree in Washington D.C. He was impressed by the fact that '5 bedroom detached homes were common sights in Washington' while turning a blind eye at Harlem and Bronx where blacks and their siblings huddle together on the cold pavement of their dilapidated dwellings and while their stomachs were churning for not having had dinner and lunch. Such were the state of 'calamity' in a country where '5 bedroom detached homes' were common sights.

George Bush Sr. and Ronald Reagan toured Gorbachev and Raisa into localities in US where routes were window-dressed. In other words, Gorby saw the 'percolating neon lights' but was driven away from the ghettos which have no parallels even in the most dilapidated fixtures in Alma Ata where farmers were left alone cultivating their private plots and selling them in the market with their earnings going to purchases of television, radios, medium format cameras (Adam Smith was not able to afford one), tractors, washing machines and refrigerators which were all displayed in retail outlets. Children in Moscow used to frequent the ice cream outlet while I was there attending a labor conference.

Moscow was really a paradise! Nobody has to worry whether he can afford a subsidized apartment or not. He is not to worry of education for his children, all expenses paid. His children are catered to free breakfasts in kindergarten and sent home through school buses. Everything was free in the old Soviet Union. Now, nothing is free in Moscow. Even the free diapers are not only expensive but are hard to find.

Re: Political Affairs Magazine - Police Escalate Attacks on First Amendment Rights

mark_miller — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:02:36 -0000

We are back to primitive times or the barbaric 1800s.

Re: Most of the world views capitalism as not working well

mark_miller — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:37:27 -0000

Even socialist enterprises have their own organizational structure, same distribution system, and retail clerks in retail outlets. If Adam Smith's invisible hand can guide these sales and purchase transactions like an all-knowing guide, now that we have mastered computers and robotics makes socialism or communism a more appropriate economic system where workers can just push or press the button. Even farms can be productive by the use of robotics, tractors run on computers, etc.

Capitalism cannot accomodate the jobless under robotic-run manufacturing and distribution system. Try to think logically. There's always a place for the jobless under socialism. Bring them to the Urals to organize state-sponsored homesteads. There are plenty of idle lands out there. There is always dignity in farming.

Re: November 7 ?

mark_miller — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:39:20 -0000

Whatever came out of "land, peace, bread" slogan and motto, the important thing is that there was the good intent to provide the three basic needs. Who would ever accuse Lenin and the Soviet nomenklatura of bad faith? Nobody had!

Re: November 7 ?

mark_miller — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:30:42 -0000

It must have been the day that any of the Communist Parties of the Philippines have either considered my applicationn form and included me to be among their members or any Central Committee as a disillusioned social democrat. There are various Left wing Socialist, Marxist Leninist, Communist parties in the Philippines. I enjoy teaching the younger generation on the correct interpretation of Marxism-Leninism.

Re: GREAT AMERICAN HYPOCRITS: A book review

mark_miller — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:35:34 -0000

John McCain's famous gender slur:"lipstick on a pig!!". C'mon McCain. You are a coffee drinker. Coffee destroys male hormones and turns you effeminate. What if at this point of time you become 'gay' because of coffee! Don't tell me you are deliberately doing it 'to have the best of both worlds'. Nobody is immune from bancruptcy like someone I knew who ended up in a fag's strip bar baring his naked body for dirty old fags to touch.

Re: I. F. Stone: A Book Review

mark_miller — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:31:01 -0000

I used to write in and submit my essays to Pravda and Moscow News. There are times when they get published. But I was never in the payroll. I write to propagate Soviet Communism, increase their influence all over the world, and sought ways and means to maintain Leninist centralist economy (or the command economy). When KGB falls into a quagmire of paying its so-called 'agents of influence' all over the world, they fall prey to these journalists who write for them only for money. KGB is not stupid to fall into that trap. It destroys their reputation and credibility.

Re: I. F. Stone: A Book Review

mark_miller — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:53:37 -0000

There are different kinds of dissent. One is the constructive and rational type. Another is the subversive one. Leninist centralism does not stifle the constructive type. Why else are we going to have to debate when it leads to Party destruction. Soviet legislation materials are published in 20 volumes. Transcripts of debates are published in those books. Read them and see if there is stifling. I have not read any.

Re: I. F. Stone: A Book Review

mark_miller — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:58:00 -0000

Stone was a lone activist during those times. He was the only one to challenge McCarthyism and protected Roosevelt in his New Deal. If we were living in those times and we were belligerent as we are now, chances are we end up in the morgue or jail for sedition. Given that we experience greater freedoms at present is not attributable to Conservatives but to AFL-CIOs who championed and defended free speech when it was in its infantile stage. No wonder it's a tit-for-tat battle between Conservatives and Democrats inspite of Obama's alleged 'poor performance'.

Re: INQUIRING MARXISTS WANT TO KNOW, WHERE IS THE TRUTH?

mark_miller — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:26:35 -0000

Pardon me. But I do not intend to cause division in Communist Parties. My views are based on good versus evil-the good communist and the bad one. But we have to invoke Machiavellie. It means that no matter how good or evil a ruler is, if his actions tend to preserve the state and her sovereignty, then he is a good communist. A bad communist is exemplified by those who betray the cause probably for a life of luxury or money, to boost one's ego, for ideological reasons feigned loyalties but his purpose is to sabotage all efforts to strengthen a communsit state, sex, etc. Traitors to the communist cause are categorized as evil because of their treachery the incipient stage of which started when they were made Party members and were looked up upon as models of the cause. These are the dialectical materialists who think genuinely as such but are by very nature evil so much so that they cannot help but sabotage the aims of the revolution. Hence, whatever is inside their brains is immaterial. The fact is that their privileges like dachas were provided only to betray a cause which treated them like spoiled brats. Valid and deserving double jeopardies deserve the lethal injection. Gorbachev and Yeltsin are some of them.

Re: Class Consciousness v Class Feelings

mark_miller — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:45:04 -0000

I get you, gary. But if my girlfriend or wife would be going to the salon everyday to manicure her nails, curl her hair, then attend a mahjong session which are samples of bourgoisie values and 'virtues', I might as well raise Krupskaya (wife of Vladimir Lenin) from her grave and marry her in Purgatory or Heaven.

Re: Political Affairs Magazine - Why Should Grassroots Liberals Consider Marxism?

mark_miller — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:59:51 -0000

Because of our few numbers in the Communist Party of USA and Canada, people tend to refuse identifying with us for fear of being ostracized. Another thing is that they don't see us often on television, newspapers, or on the web. The most popular web video was that of Michael Buble and Madonna. These does not represent anything lumpen but bourgoisie inspite of Madonna's frequent lip service to Cuban Latinos like his ex-husband and Cuban Alex Rodriguez. We have a solution. Advertise ourselves in bus shelters. Hire an icon like Sean Penn, Sean willing or Jack Nicholson who is a frequent visitor to Cuba.

Re: Class Consciousness v Class Feelings

mark_miller — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:39:26 -0000

There are symbolical figurines, photographs, paintings, pots, ceramics, printed shirts , beads, clothes, etc. that can really evoke worker class consciousness. Why not start from these?
Dirty nails, ragged clothes, old-fashioned eyeglasses worn by spectators like those of Lev Trotsky in a modern-day fashion show depicts the kind of worker-consciousness of a banker like me who sold all his assets and donated them to charity. Carla Bruni can also be a model of worker-consciousness by way of taking photographs of her wearing peasant clothings while planting rice in Vietnam. It inspires working class consciousness. Anything 'lumpen' is the thing of today!

Re: Political Affairs Magazine - Public Option: Worth the Fight

mark_miller — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:27:28 -0000

It would be better to kowtow to one type of Medicare program where private and public would stand side by side. An attempt to make it all public would only result in disaster. It would be rejected by the whole Congress and Senate. Thus, we end up with nothing at all. I bet it would be a tactic by Republicans to cajole opposition to table a whole public healthcare insurance that does not stand side by side with private. If rejected, we go back to square one.

Re: STATE OF WAR: A Review

mark_miller — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:27:09 -0000

I am looking to the time when Bush gets indicted and convicted of alleged war crimes and asks Obama and Michelle to kneel and pray down. Obama for the meantime is sharpening a knife which he and is wife would carry as George and Laura Bush passes through a gauntlet where Obama and wife are participants. Just kiddin'. It's only a movie. LOL